Wheel construction



A. H. ANTHONY AND C. E. NORDFELDT. WHEEL CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIIZAHON HLED NOV.24, 19w.

Patentei Nov. 8, 1921'.

UNITED STATES THUR E. AJITHONY AND CHARLES NORDFELDT, OF MASSILLON, OHIO ASSIGNORS TO THE MASSILLON STEEL CASTINGS COMYAIQY, 0F MASSILLON OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PATENT OFFICE.

WHEEL CONSTRUCTION,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentcd Nov. 8, i921.

Application filed November 24, 191 9. Serial No. 340355.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR H. ANTI-10x1 and CHARLES E. Nonnrnnn'r, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of Massillon, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, and Massillon, in the county of Stark and Stateot' Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wheel Construction, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to a wheel fixed rim construction which is particularly intended and adapted for use where the wheel is of a metal construction, such as usually used upon trucks, where the fixed rim is adapted to receive a metal rim carryin a rubber tire.

he objects ofthe invention will appear more at large as the description proceeds.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawin s forming a part of this specification in w ich Figure 1 shows an elevation, a portion of a wheelhaving the present invention applied thereto; Fig. 2

1s a section on the line 2-2-; Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing'the application of the invention.

As 'is well known, pneumatic tires which are used in connection with wheels for heavy vehicles such as trucks are very large and are comparatively stiff and unyielding, even when the tire is deflated. For this reason it is not practical to mount a demountable rim on which there is a pneumatic tire of the type described, by inserting the valve stem'through a hole provided in the fixed rim of the wheel. Such practice is very apt to injure the valve stem.

It has therefore been proposed in-.con-

nection with wheels of the character de-' scribed to provide a slot, such as indicated at 2 in Fig. 3, which extends transversely through one portion of the fixed rim and permits the valve sternto be slid through the slot when a demountable rim having a pneumatic tire mounted thereon is placed on the felly.

This slot is of course exposed at all times against the entrance of. dirt demountablerim which makes it exceedingly a rim whenisuch is dethrou h the slot.

Re erring to the drawings, 3 indicates the fixed rim of a hollow cast steel wheel, this fixed rim, being provided with a slot, as indicated, which is adapted to receive the valve stem 4, which is secured to the inner tube 5 carried within the tire casing 6, which casing is mounted upon ademountable rim 7.

For the purpose of locking the den1ountable rim 7 on the fixed rim 3 when the rim is in place, a wedge ring 8 is employed which is held in proper position by any desired means not shown. The use of a wedge ring and the means for holding it are commonly used in the art and no extended description is needed.

When the demountable rim with the tire thereon is mounted upon the fixed rim of the wheel, the valve stem occupies the slot 2 and extends a slight distance beyond the inner face of the fixed rim 3.

Mounted upon the fixed rim 3 is a cover plate 9. This cover plate has an inwardly extending portion 10 which lies a ainst the inner surfac of the fixed rim 3. he cover plate also has a part indicated at 11 which extends at substantially right angles to the part 10 of the cover plate and is adaptedto lie against the side of the fixed rim 3. The portion 11 has an extension 12 which is adapted to be engaged by the wedge ring 8 when the same is in -place'so that the end of the cover plzite is securely held between the wedge ring and the slanting surface 3 of the fixed rim with which the Wedge ring coiiperates.

As wil be understood, the cover plate 9 is OfSllillGlclll width to cover the slot 2 and extend a. slight distance beyond opposite sides of the slot.

The cover plate 9 adjacent the place where the valve stem extends through the fixed rim is provided with a boss portion 13 which has a central opening 14 through which the i with which it cooperates,

valve stem 'l may extend. This boss portion is ad lpted to be contacted by the usual rim nut lhwhichserves not only to position and hold-the valve-stern 4, but also securely holds the inner end or" the cover plate 9.

It will thus be seen that the cover plate is secured at'both its end portions in the manner described so that there is no possibility of the cover plate becoming dislocated or loosened.

' The cover plate may of course'be formed in any manner desired but inasmuch as there is" no strain which comes upon the cover plate, we prefer to make this cover plate 0 out of'light sheet metal under which cirmay be formed portion 13 can into the cumstances the cover plate as a stamping and the boss be formed by pressing the metal desired shape.

As will be apparent, the cover plate may be readily disassembled from the structure when the rim and tire are removed from the fixed rim of the wheel.

Having described our invention, we claim:

1. A wheel having a fixed rim with a slot formed therein which extends inwardly from a side thereof, a demountable rim adapted to accommodate a tire with a valve stem thereon,- a wedgering for holding the rim to the fixed rim, a cover cooperating with the inner side and the outer side of the fixed rim and covering the said slot, said cover having an opening through which a valve stem may extend and also provided with a portion adapted to extend between a surface of the fixed rim and the wedge ring.

2. A wheel having a fixed rim with a slot formed therein extending inwardly from a side thereof, a demountable rim for said fixed rim, said rim being adapted to accommodate a pneumatic stem, a wedge-ring for holding the demountable rim to the fixed rim, a cover member cooperating with the inner side and one side of the fixed rim and covering the said slot, said cover member having an opening with a boss surrounding the same,

' through which opening the valve stem may extend, said boss being adapted to receive anut, the cover member having an extending portion which is adapted to be positioned between the fixed rim and the wedge rinIg.

n testimony whereof, we hereunto atlix our signatures.

ARTHUR H. ANTHONY. CHARLES E. NORDFELDT.

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